(CNN)How do Republicans try to breathe new life into an old scandal? We've seen it time and time again. Here's how it works: 

Step One: Republicans, with nothing in their arsenal to use against Hillary Clinton, selectively leak to reporters a "scandalous" tidbit -- often one that has been previously reported. 

Step Two: The new media bites. 

Step Three: The media hyperventilates and suffocates the airwaves with repetition of the same story. 

Step Four: Upon further examination, the story falls apart. 

This is exactly how the latest media hype, this time over Hillary Clinton's use of emails at the State Department, has played out. And it presents yet another chapter in the Benghazi hoax. 

The New York Times story about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account at the State Department is a perfect example of "gotcha" journalism, where reporters will take any bait the Republicans give them without proper vetting. The New York Times has a history of this. (Whitewater, anyone?) 

The Times story suggests Secretary Clinton broke federal rules in relation to her email. But the Times' main source for this allegation says Clinton violated no laws. 

Yes, Clinton used a private email account to communicate while she was secretary of state. But so did secretaries of state before her. According to the State Department spokesman Marie Harf, John Kerry is the first secretary of state ever to rely primarily on official State Department email. 

Clinton asks State to release emails: What you need to know 

In October 2014, 18 months after Clinton left, the State Department was engaged in the process of updating its records preservation policies. The State Department asked every secretary of state dating back to Madeleine Albright to provide records, including emails, from their time in office. Clinton responded to the State Department's request for emails, providing the department with over 55,000 pages of emails. She did so months ago. Clinton has been fully transparent and has asked the State Department for these emails to be made public.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What political party is the article about?
2. Who are they targeting?
3. What is the second step?
4. Does the story hold water?
5. What newspaper wrote a piece about her?
6. What is the type of reporting called?
7. Is this a typical thing for this newspaper?
8. Did she break the law?
9. Has she been cooperative?
10. How much did she turn over?
Answer: 1. Republicans
2. Hillary Clinton
3. The new media bites
4. nothing in their arsenal
5. New York Times
6. gotcha
7. yes
8. no
9. yes
10. a lot

(CNN) -- Julia Roberts, star of the new movie "Eat, Pray, Love," which tells the story of a soul-searching character, is now a practicing Hindu. 

Roberts, in an interview with Elle magazine, says she worships with her husband, cameraman Danny Moder, and their three children, People.com says. 

The family, she told Elle, goes to temple together to "chant and pray and celebrate. I'm definitely a practicing Hindu." Roberts grew up in Georgia, the daughter of Christian parents. 

Other celebrities who have practiced Hinduism include former Beatle George Harrison, author J.D. Salinger and NFL player Ricky Williams. 

In her September cover interview, Roberts, 42, decries the use of botox and plastic surgery. 

"It's unfortunate that we live in such a panicked, dysmorphic society where women don't even give themselves a chance to see what they'll look like as older persons," she says. 

The star of "Pretty Woman" and "Erin Brokovich" also spoke about her relationship with her family. 

"You make these people and you love them and you want them around for a thousand years," she said about her three kids -- 3-year-old Henry and 5-year-old twins Phinnaeus and Hazel. "And you want to be there for them for a thousand years." 

 What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What movie star is featured in this article?
2. Name a movie she was in.
3. What decision did she make after that movie?
4. Has she always been Hindu?
5. What was she before?
6. Is her family Hindu?
7. Who is she married to?
8. What does he do?
9. How old are her kids?
10. How are two 5?
11. What is the name of the youngest?
12. Who are the twins?
13. How old is Roberts?
14. Does she like having a family?
15. How do you know?
16. What other movies has she been in?
17. Who else practices Hindu?
18. Has she been interviewed by anyone?
19. Who?
Answer: 1. Julia Roberts
2. Eat, Pray, Love
3. She became a practicing Hindu
4. no
5. Christian
6. yes, her husband and three children are Hindu
7. Danny Moder
8. he is a cameraman
9. One is 3 and two are 5
10. they are twins
11. Henry
12. Phinnaeus and Hazel.
13. 42
14. yes
15. she loves them and wants them around
16. Pretty Woman, Erin Brokovich
17. George Harrison, J.D. Salinger, Ricky Williams.
18. yes
19. Elle magazine

Universal Studios Inc. (also known as Universal Pictures) is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. Universal Studios is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Universal was founded in 1912 by the German Carl Laemmle (pronounced "LEM-lee"), Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour. 

It is the world's fourth oldest major film studio, after the renowned French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé, and the Danish Nordisk Film company. 

Universal Studios was founded by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane[a] and Jules Brulatour. One story has Laemmle watching a box office for hours, counting patrons and calculating the day's takings. Within weeks of his Chicago trip, Laemmle gave up dry goods to buy the first several nickelodeons. For Laemmle and other such entrepreneurs, the creation in 1908 of the Edison-backed Motion Picture Trust meant that exhibitors were expected to pay fees for Trust-produced films they showed. Based on the Latham Loop used in cameras and projectors, along with other patents, the Trust collected fees on all aspects of movie production and exhibition, and attempted to enforce a monopoly on distribution. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who founded Universal Studios?
2. Who else?
3. How many founders were there?
4. What is another name for the company?
5. What country they from?
6. What state?
7. Where do they do all their accounting at?
8. What are they a member of?
9. Who owns them?
10. What year did they begin?
11. What word is in their name and street address?
12. What rank do they hold in longevity of business?
13. Who ranked #1?
Answer:
1. Carl Laemmle
2. Mark Dintenfass,
3. 11
4. Universal Pictures
5. American
6. California
7. corporate offices are in New York City
8. Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
9. owned by Comcast
10. founded in 1912
11. Universal
12. fourth oldest major film studio
13. Gaumont Film Company